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Hemp Oil For Senior Dogs

How Hemp Oil can make your old pup feel young again.

Joint pain, lack of appetite, and lethargy are just a few issues that are commonly seen in elderly dogs, and it can be heartbreaking to see your best friend struggling to get through the day. This is an age when it is incredibly important for a dog to be able to enjoy their life, and where you need to pay the most attention to their health.

This is why more and more people are giving their senior cats and dogs phytocannabinoid rich (PCR) hemp oil that not only helps with chronic health conditions but offers a range of therapeutic benefits that come together to wonderfully improve our pets’ general health.

How Hemp Oil Can Help Senior Dogs

Hemp is great for pets of any age, but it’s their older years where hemp can help the most. Let’s look at some chronic health conditions that hemp can work wonders for.

Inflammation and Arthritis - Inflammation and old age just go together, unfortunately. Inflammation is an immune response and thankfully hemp helps improve the immune system by activating CB2 and otherreceptors.

Lack of Appetite and Nausea - The last thing we want our older pets to do is to stop eating. Seeing them struggle to move because they have no energy and wasting away is simply devastating. Hemp is often taken by cancer patients because it eliminates nausea, and hemp will increase appetite regardless of the source that’s causing the issue.

Cancer - As you can see above hemp works wonders for appetite and nausea, but that’s not all it can do for pets that suffer from cancer. hemp has been shown to slow cancer growth on its own and reduce the negative side effects common cancer treatments cause.

Anxiety - Often older dogs may suddenly become highly anxious if they’ve fallen from stiffness or old age. I once had a dog that was completely fine walking out into the kitchen for over a decade until she fell one day and lost the confidence to ever try again. I wish I knew about hemp then because it would have not only given her strength back, but also the confidence to once again sneak-in table scraps from the kitchen table.

Epilepsy - Idiopathic epilepsy is the most common form of epilepsy seen in dogs, but since it’s a result of genetics it usually appears between the ages of 6 months to 6 years. Dogs that start having seizures later in their lives usually have an underlying illness that causes the seizures. Brain tumors, liver disease, diabetes, and Cushing disease can all cause seizures and you guess it, hemp can help with all of these diseases and help prevent and reduce seizures even when there is not an underlying cause.

Ok, I See That Hemp Can Help But How Can It Do So Much?

That’s a great question and a pretty easy one to answer. All mammals have an internal system that keeps them stable despite outside influences. Things regulating internal body temperature, making sure organs are communicating properly, maintaining blood sugar levels are all things that our body uses this process known homeostasis for.

Hemp helps to activate and encourage a series of receptors and neurotransmitters that all play a crucial part in successfully balancing and regulating both your’s and your dog’s health.

Hemp is completely legal in the United States and most of the world, but there is one catch. You have to purchase phytocannabinoid rich (PCR) hemp oil derived from hemp and not cannabis. First, PCR hempf derived from cannabis may be illegal depending on your marijuana laws. Second, PCR hemp oil is not marijuana, and hemp is legally required to have near non-existent levels of THC to even be labeled hemp. Since PCR hemp is non-psychoactive it will not get your dog high no matter how much you give.

Even if marijuana is legal where you live, you still want hemp oil derived from hemp as high levels of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) can be toxic to dogs. PCR hemp oil is safe to give even in higher doses, but most likely your pet won’t need anywhere near that amount.

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It’s safe to say that giving Hemp to older pets can do wonders to improve overall health and chronic illness that many suffer from. Giving your pets Hemp Oil won’t only help them, but will also make for a happy owner. So grab some Hemp Oil and break out the tennis ball because you’re going to need it!